NBC was back to being shut out of the overall top twenty with its best effort Law & Order: SVUcoming in twenty-second. NBC fared better (though obviously not much better) in the top twenty for adults 18-49, where it placed only two shows. In fact, it only placed two shows out of the top twenty-six shows with the 18-49 crowd. That's all we saw this week in terms of the 18-49 rankings, and it is notable that NCIS, the number five program overall was not among those twenty-six.

Meanwhile ABC's Lost which was thirtieth overall, was eighth among 18-49s. Thursday night competition is not a friend to March Madness. With 18-49s, the primetime coverage of the NCAA Basketball tournament, the Friday night (#22) and Saturday night (#14) were among the top twenty-six, but Thursday night was not.